Israeli soldiers stand next to armoured vehicles after crossing the security fence, near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Israel’s Netanyahu tours buffer zone inside Syria

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered Syrian territory on Tuesday during a security tour of the buffer zone seized by Israel in the past few days since the fall of Bashar Assad.

It was apparently the first time a sitting Israeli leader entered Syrian territory.

Israeli soldiers clean along the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An Israeli Air Force Black Hawk helicopter flies over Mount Hermon, near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, viewed from the town of Majdal Shams, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Smoke rises from a controlled explosion inside the buffer zone near the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights from Syria, in Majdal Shams, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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